ECKHART TOLLE

Who is he? Do you know him?
 I bet, all decomers students semester 4 know about him.  

He is Eckhart Tolle the writer of the article, Thinking Folly.

Eckhart Tolle was born in Germany, where he spent the first thirteen years of his life. After graduating from the University of London, he was a research scholar and supervisor at Cambridge University. When he was twenty-nine, a profound spiritual transformation virtually dissolved his old identity and radically changed the course of his life. The next few years were devoted to understanding, integrating and deepening that transformation and marked the beginning of an intense inward journey. Eckhart Tolle is not aligned with any particular religion or spiritual tradition. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

THE POWER OF NOW 

Tolle is the author of The Power of Now, which has been widely recognized as one of the most influential spiritual books. Published in the late 1990s with an initial printing of 3,000 copies the book's sales' growth accelerated in 2000 after Oprah Winfrey recommended it in her magazine, It has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list and been translated into 33 languages. As of 2009, three million copies had been sold in North America. He says the book "represents the essence of my work, as far as it can be conveyed in words" and that it "can be seen as a restatement for our time of that one timeless spiritual teaching, the essence of all religions".

The Power of Now is widely regarded as one of the most influential guides to spiritual enlightenment of our time. This is because Eckhart Tolle speaks form a place of knowing. As the title suggests the book explains how true power can only be found in the present moment. After all, isn't the now the only real time? The past is a memory and the future is a projection, they are not real.

This is one of the quote that I got from the book when I do some background reading.

 "The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets you to unconsciously identify with it. It can then rise up, take you over, "become you," and live through you. It needs to get its "food" through you. It will feed on any experience that resonates with its own kind of energy, anything that creates further pain in whatever form: anger, destructiveness, hatred, grief, emotional drama, violence, and even illness. So the pain-body, when it has taken you over, will create a situation in your life that reflects back its own energy frequency for it to feed on. Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible." - Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now)

From the quote that shown above, Eckhart Tolle is dead serious and seems too deep to grasp, but then he suddenly makes a funny conclusion like the one above, or bursts out into giggles at something he finds very amusing. Typically, the things he finds ridiculous and laughable, are often the things we consider norms or truths. Eckhart Tolle questions those and makes us realize that we are not our past pains and we do not need to feed our own or other people´s pains either. 

As Eckhart Tolle says, if you just become aware of that parasitic energy field called pain-body, you can take steps to lessen your own and the collective suffering. If you remain unaware, you will deny its existence and actually create more pain and suffering. That is the meaning on how the pain-body exists and grows. We can see that Eckhart Tolle is not a person who always wants to give up. He makes the reader gain motivation and inspiration through his book, The Power of Power.

The past has no power over the present moment - Echkart Tolle

FRIEND AND ENEMY BECOME WHAT ?

Frenemy? What is that? Truly said, I do not know the meaning of the frenemy and i do not know this word is exist. After i read the article from CL text book, then i know what is the meaning of frenemy. A frenemy, which comes from the words friend and enemy, is a person who are you friendly with but does not have your best interests in mind. They are the people in your life who purport to be a friend but do some oddly enemy-like things to you on more than an occasional basis, and in a way that seems pretty predetermined to unsettle you. Spotting them and dealing with them is vital to preserve your own sanity and to know when to ditch the friend who pushes things just a bit too far. I bet, all of you have frenemy at least one right. I also have frenemy. 

Dealing with a frenemy can be tough. It's okay to maintain relationships with frenemies, but it's also important to preserve our own interests and needs when dealing with them. If you have frenemy, how you deal with it? I will tell you the way to deal with it and I got this sources from my background reading.

Firstly, you should be cordial because there is no reason for you to be mean towards your frenemy. There is no problem keeping a frenemy as an acquaintance as long as you are not revealing secrets about yourself to your frenemy anymore. Next, a frenemy is likely talking about you behind your back right because I also have experience something like this. So, you should just keep quiet about your personal by keep conversation to fun, lighthearted topics, and do not share anything that you do not want repeated.

After that, please be aware about how your frenemies act because they may act like your best friend, and other times, someone who does not like you at all. It is crazy right? frenemy is like hypocrite person and just want the advantages. Please be aware of your frenemy's actions too and you should not treat a frenemy like a best friend when they treat you like one, because that will encourage frenemy like behavior. Other than that, try not to be hurt by things your frenemy says and does as you know, the frenemy has their own motives for why they act the way they do. You should be strong and do not let your frenemy affect your own self esteem, because their actions are a reflection of themselves, not a reflection of you. If they say hurtful things, it may be to cover up their own feelings

The other way to deal with frenemy is be aware that just because someone is a frenemy to you only, they may not be a frenemy to everyone. Maybe because of some reasons that you will never know. Do not automatically assume that person is betraying others too without any prove but if they are, you should probably let the others know so they do not get hurt in the future. Lastly, do not introduce your frenemies to your other friends and it is important to keep them separate so your frenemy does not hurt your friend.

For my opinion, it is okay to maintain a relationship with a frenemy but it is also important to remember that this person has a negative agenda. In other words, they do not have your best interest in mind. It is also important to have a good sense of self when dealing with a frenemy because these relationships can be stressful, confusing, and generally draining. Frenemy can be really damaging to both a person's mental and emotional health, and if you can't find a way to keep this person in check you're better off without them. My best advice is to take yourself out of the equation, while still remaining physically present.  

If you want to know whether your friends is one of you frenemy, here 5 SIGNS YOUR FRIEND IS FRENEMY article for you. Have a nice reading

BEING HONEST IS ABOUT THE TRUTH

Hello girls and guys.

Today I would like to talk and give my opinion about honesty. 

What is honesty? Honesty is telling "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” I found that society's definition of the truth telling is to tell the truth ONLY if it does not make anyone uncomfortable, doesn't cause a conflict, and it makes you look good. Honesty could be defined as truthfulness in speech and action. While this sounds simple, it is surprisingly difficult to practice. Being truthful implies the presence of an active conscience and a working knowledge of ethics at the minimum. In everyday life, being truthful means listening to, and obeying, the voice of our conscience.

I cannot stress enough how important it is for all of us to be honest with the people in our lives. Nobody appreciates being lied to. No matter how hard it may seem, telling the truth is always better than lying. If we have done something wrong, we should look deep inside our hearts, and be honest with those that deserve the truth. These may be our parents, friends, or partners. Whoever they may be, and whatever the circumstance, the truth has the power to fix things. But keeping and feeding a lie, may only make things much worse. To be dishonest is also to be destroying the trust of the people around you. How many of us trust someone who has cheated us? I believe there is hardly anybody who would say yes to that. To lie to someone would mean to damage the trust the person have in you. You may think that it is alright to just lie to the person as he would never find out about it and it does not have much effect anyway. Our lies always catch up to us. We can never hide from our lies ever. It always comes up and catches up to us. 

Not being honest with someone, may also put a burden on our shoulders. We may think frequently about our dishonesty, which may lead to unnecessary stress. Once we gather the courage to rid our mind of this lie, we’ll feel a thousand times better, and relieved, almost instantly.

In conclusion is I am not perfect myself. Personally, I need to remember the importance of being completely honest with the people who are the closest to me. I learned that by being honest with our loved ones, they appreciate it, and their reactions are usually not as bad as we may have played out in our minds. At the end of the day, everyone deserves our honesty. Nobody wants to be lied to, not even us. 

I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid - John Gotti

FAMOUS BECAUSE UNKNOWN

HELLO GIRLS AND GUYS.

Famous because unknown? Do you know who is he? JACK THE RIPPER! He is the most famous serial killer. Yet he committed "only" five murders. There is many mysterious aspects in Jack's "career", but the true reason of his notoriety is that he never has been unmasked. 

The Jack the Ripper murders occurred in the East End of London in 1888 and although the Whitechapel Murderer was only a threat to a very small section of the community in a relatively small part of London, the murders had a huge impact on society as a whole. Between August and November 1888,the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of five brutal murders. The killer was dubbed 'Jack the Ripper'. All the women murdered were prostitutes. The first murder, of Mary Ann Nicholls, took place on 31 August. Annie Chapman was killed on 8 September. Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddoweson were murdered 30 September and Mary Jane Kelly on 9 November.

There has been much speculation as to the identity of the killer. It has been suggested that he or she was a doctor or butcher, based on the evidence of weapons and the mutilations that occurred, which showed a knowledge of human anatomy. Many theories have been put forward suggesting individuals who might be responsible. As many as 170 people have been named over the years as suspects in the Jack the Ripper case. One theory links the murders with Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince Albert Victor, also known as the Duke of Clarence, although the evidence for this is insubstantial. Some conspiracy theories suggest that the entire royal family or the Freemasons were behind the killings. Some have proven controversial, such as the "Jill the Ripper" scenario of Jack as a woman and at the time of the Ripper murders minorities were made the scapegoat for many situations. There were thousands of immigrant Jews that lived in the east end of London and were suspect to the rest of the population. Jews were neither liked or trusted, which is why there was a lot of 'finger pointing' when Scotland Yard failed to capture the Ripper.

Suspects

From Hell letter from Jack the Ripper

 In my opinion, this history is really adventure and interesting. I keep wondering why after five crimes in only two months, did the killer stop at once? No one never could explain it. Only Jack the Ripper could explained. Fortunately, the mystery is so fascinating because I can do my own reading, draw my own conclusions with some critical thinking. The only hypothesis that I got from my background reading is that he died. This oblige to admit a coincidence: this death just after the beginning of his gruesome work, neither before nor long after it. More than that, this makes all the more mysterious that he couldn't have been identified.  

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